From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: shuah@kernel.org
Cc: mchehab@kernel.org, perex@perex.cz, tiwai@suse.com,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/4] media: Media Device Allocator API
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:59:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181119085931.GA28607@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e474dd16f1d6443c12b1361376193c9d0efcced6.1541109584.git.shuah@kernel.org>
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On Thu 2018-11-01 18:31:30, shuah@kernel.org wrote:
> From: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
>
> Media Device Allocator API to allows multiple drivers share a media device.
> Using this API, drivers can allocate a media device with the shared struct
> device as the key. Once the media device is allocated by a driver, other
> drivers can get a reference to it. The media device is released when all
> the references are released.
Sounds like a ... bad idea?
That's what new "media control" framework is for, no?
Why do you need this?
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-19 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-02 0:31 [RFC PATCH v8 0/4] Media Device Allocator API shuah
[not found] ` <cover.1541109584.git.shuah@kernel.org>
2018-11-02 0:31 ` [RFC PATCH v8 1/4] media: " shuah
2018-11-19 8:59 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2018-12-06 15:33 ` shuah
2018-12-09 8:09 ` Pavel Machek
2018-12-09 8:09 ` Pavel Machek
2018-12-09 11:27 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-12-09 11:27 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-12-09 11:37 ` Pavel Machek
2018-12-09 11:37 ` Pavel Machek
2018-11-20 11:20 ` Hans Verkuil
2018-12-06 15:27 ` shuah
2018-11-02 0:31 ` [RFC PATCH v8 2/4] media: change au0828 to use " shuah
2018-11-02 0:31 ` [RFC PATCH v8 3/4] media: media.h: Enable ALSA MEDIA_INTF_T* interface types shuah
2018-11-20 11:22 ` Hans Verkuil
2018-12-06 15:29 ` shuah
2018-11-02 0:31 ` [RFC PATCH v8 4/4] sound/usb: Use Media Controller API to share media resources shuah
2018-11-20 11:54 ` Hans Verkuil
2018-12-06 15:34 ` shuah
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